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Top Indian official admits 'lapses' in attacks (AP) -

Indian paramilitary soldiers patrol at Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. A police official says security forces have swarmed through New Delhi's international airport after the sound of gunfire rang out, but no one was injured. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)AP - India's top law enforcement official admitted Friday there were government "lapses" in last week's terror attack on Mumbai, amid a public uproar over security and intelligence failures in the deadly siege.


US mulls unusual tactic as Blackwater charges loom (AP) -

Plainclothes contractors working for Blackwater USA take part in a firefight as Iraqi demonstrators loyal to Muqtada Al Sadr attempt to advance on a facility being defended by U.S. and Spanish soldiers in Najaf, Iraq in this April 4, 2004 file photo. The Blackwater USA contractors were actively involved in defending the position. (AP Photo/Gervasio Sanchez, File)AP - The Justice Department is readying indictments that could send Blackwater Worldwide guards to prison for at least 30 years for their involvement in the deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting of Iraqi civilians, people close to the case said.


Employers shedding jobs as recession deepens (AP) -

A pedestrian talks on his cell phone while walking past an AT&T store Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, in Chicago. Pressured by the economic turmoil and the mounting loss of traditional phone customers, AT&T Inc. is cutting 12,000 jobs, about 4 percent of its work force. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - With the economy sinking faster, employers are giving more Americans dreaded pink slips right before the holidays.


Auto bailout could be tied to gov't-run overhaul (AP) -

Auto executives, from left, General Motors Chief Executive Officer Richard Wagoner, UAW President Ron Gettelfinger, Ford Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally, and Chrysler Chief Executive Officer Robert Nardelli testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, before a Senate Banking Committee hearing on the auto industry bailout. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - The government would order a major restructuring of Detroit's struggling Big Three auto companies in exchange for a multibillion-dollar bailout under a plan circulating in Congress.


Oil at 4-year lows below $44 on dire economic news (AP) -

A pressure-gauge on a gas pipeline near Kiev, Ukraine. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia will cut natural gas supplies that transit through Ukraine to Europe if Kiev does not pay its bills or siphons gas meant for other customers.(AFP/Sergei Supinsky)AP - Oil prices were steady near four-year lows below $44 a barrel Friday in Asia as more bad U.S. economic news soured the outlook for global growth and demand for crude.


Police seeking 2 people in Ruffalo shooting (AP) -

In this Sept. 13, 2007 file photo, actor Mark Ruffalo attends the premiere of 'Reservation Road' during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, file)AP - Police are seeking two people they want to question about the shooting of actor Mark Ruffalo's brother.


Happiness is contagious: study (Reuters) -

Carnival revellers participate in an afternoon parade in Ipanema neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, February 17, 2007. (Jorge Silva/Reuters)Reuters - Happiness is contagious, researchers reported on Thursday.


Good cheer may spread itself, a study suggests (AP) - AP - When you're smiling, the whole world really does smile with you.